Cigar-bunch-rolling-mechanism charger



March 18 2 Shegts-She et 1 Filed March 19, 1923 ATTORNEY March 18, 1924-1,487,029

- R. E. RUNDELL CIGAR BUNCH ROLLING MECHANISM CHARGER Filed March 19,1925 2 sheets-sheet?- Patented Mar. 18, 1924.

RUBERT E. RUNDELL, E BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AssIGNOR To INTERNAT ONAL OIGARMACHINERY COMPANY, A CORPORATION on NEW JERSEY.

CIGAR-BUNCH-ROLLING-MECHA1\TISM CHARGER.

Application filed March 19, 1923. Serial No. 625,998.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RUPERT E. RUNDELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of 5 New York, haveinvented a new and useful Improvement in Cigar Bunch Rolling- MechanismChargers, of which the followg ing is a specification.

This invention relates to an improvement in cigar bunch rollingmechanism chargers. In certain cigar machines heretofore known, a cigarbunch is initially formed by placing a binder on a chianti belt, depositing a charge of filler in theloop of the belt, then enclosing the chargeof filler within the binder by means of the progressive rolling actionof the belt. provided with filler feeding means operative above theplane of the chianti belt. In some of these machines, a charge isdirectly dropped from the feedin means into the loop of the chiantibelt. 11 other machines, it is carried part way down by a swinging armand then dropped in the loop of the chianti belt. In both cases,however, the charge of filler which has been compacted in the feedingmeans opens out when it'is dropped into the loop of the chianti beltnotalways in the same manner or to the same degree, because the tobaccoitself varies. It has been found that this is the cause of more or lessuneven bunches, and the main object of the present invention is theproduction of a device which removes the cause of this difficulty andthereby eliminates it. Another object of the invention is the productionof a device having longfiller feeding means, bunch rolling meansincluding -a charge rolling element such as a chianti belt, or, in someconstructions, a continuous rolling element, and means acting on saidelement to cause it to act as an extension of said feeding means,thereby receiving the compacted charge directly from the feeding meanswithout at any time dropping the charge. With these and other objectsnot specificallvmentioned in view,the invention consists in certainconstructions and combinations which will be hereinafter 50 fullydescribed and then specifically set forth in the claims hereuntoappended.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specificationand in i whichlike characters of reference indicate These machines arethe same or likeparts, Figi l is a side elgvation, partly in section, ofa device constructed in accordance with the invention; F ig. 2 is afront elevation of the structure shown in Fig. 1, certain parts beingomitted; and Figs. 3, 4, 5 and 6 are fragmentary views of a part 'ofxthestructure shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and illustrating the operation of thedevice.

In carrying the invention into effect, there is provided a long-fillerfeeding means, bunch rolling means including a charge rolling element,and means acting on said element to cause it to act as an extension ofsaid feeding means, thereby receiving the charge directly from thefeeding means to avoid the difficultyheretofore encountered where thecharge was dropped and opened up in dropping. In the best constructions,the feeding means includes a feed table operative in one plane; the rolling means includes a chianti belt operative in a lower plane ,the meansacting on the chianti belt to cause it to act as an extension of thefeeding means includes an elevating device for raising the belt to theplane of the feeding means; and coacting means is provided for clampinga charge of filler on and for forming a loop in said belt as the chargeis lowered to the plane of operation of the chiantibelt. Allof theabove'men tioned parts, devices and means may be widely varied inconstruction within the scope of the claims, for the particular deviceselected to illustrate the invention is but one of many possibleconcrete embodi-.

ments of the same. The invention therefore is not to be restricted tothe precise details of the structure shown and described.

Referring to the drawings, 7 indicates generally long-filler feedingmeans including a feed table operative in a certain plane, and 8indicates generally bunch rolling means operative in a lower plane. Theparticular feeding means selected for illustrative purposes include afeed belt 9, a pressure belt 10, a charging plunger 11, charge trimming,knives 12, a charge retainer 13, and a feed table 14. The bunch rollingmeans includes a table. 15, a ,chianti belt 16 overlyingsaid table, abelt tension device 17 and a loop forming roller 18. All ofthe partsabove .described. are old* and" well known in the art and since a moredetailed description of the same is unnecessary to a full understandingof the present invention, it is omitted in the interest of brevity andclearness.

The charges of long-filler are fed forward by the feeding means on thefeed table 14:, then they are successively pushed off this table bymeans of the plunger 11. \Vhen the plunger 11 is in operation to push acharge of long-filler from the table 14:, the charge rolling element orchianti belt 16 is raised (by means of mechanism to be presentlydescribed) to the plane of operation of the feed table 14:; that is, tothe position shown in Fig. 1. By an inspection of this figure it willbereadily understood that the charge is pushed by the plunger 11 from thetable l t-directly on the belt 16 without disturbance of its compactedcondition. After a charge has been thus placed directly on the chiantibelt 16, the belt and the charge are lowered to the normalposition ofthe chianti belt'at the charge receiving stage of its operation.

For the purpose of raising the chianti belt to cause it to act as anextension of the feeding means, there is provided a platen 19 underlyingsaid chianti belt and carried on the upper end of a flying plunger 20.The lowerend of the plunger 20 is secured in a housing 21; this housingis pivotally supported connected to the arm 22 of a two-armed cam lever2223 fulcrumed on a bar Qasuitably in the'side frames of the cigarmachine of which the present mechanism is a part. This machine is wellknown in the art and its frames are therefore not shown in the drawings.The arm 23 carries a bowl 25 tracking in a cam groove 26 formed in a cam27 fast on a shaft'28 which is one of the main cam shafts of the cigarmachine. For-the purpose of maintaining the flying plunger 20 and platen19 in upright position during its movement, the housing 21 is alsopivoted to one end of a parallel bar .29, the other end of this barbeing pivoted on an upright 30 clamped to the bar 241. before referredto. The cam track 26 is timed to raise and lower the platen 19 at theproper time to cause the chianti belt 16 to receive a charge from thefeeding means and to lower it to its proper position before the roller18 comes into operation. For the purpose of clamping a charge depositedon the chianti belt 16 when the latter is in its elevated position, andto prevent the displacement of the charge during the descent of thechianti belt to its normal position, and to act as a loop formingmechanism, there is provided an arm 81 carrying an inverted trough 32overlying the chianti belt 16 and carried by the upper end of a flyingplunger 33. The lower end of the flying plunger 33 is carried by ahousing'3t which is pivoted'to an'arin 35 of-a cam lever 35-36 fulcrumedon the bar 24 before referred to. The arm 36 carries a bowl 37 trackingin a cam groove 38 formed in a cam 39 fast on the shaft 28 beforereferred to. The housing 34 is also pivoted to one end of a parallel bar40, the other end of this parallel bar being pivoted to an upright 41clamped on the bar at before referred to. The cam groove 38 is timed tocause the trough 32, carried by the arm 31, to descend and clamp acharge on the chianti belt above the platen 19 immediately after thecharge has been deposited on said belt by means of the plunger 11. Therelative position of the parts at this time is clearly shown in Fig. 3.Both flying plungers, the platen 19 and the arm then descend together tothe position shown in Fig. a, and during this movement the charge isheld against displacement and the necessary loop is formed in the belt.The flying plunger-33, carrying the arm 31 and trough 32, is then raisedto the position shown in Fig. 5. This permits the roller 18 of the bunchrolling means to come into operation, passing beneath the arm 31. Asindicated in Fig. 6, the parts remain in this position until the chargeis rolled into the binder and the bunch is thereby formed, and until theroller 18 returns to the position shown in Fig. 1; then the platen 19moves upwardly to raise the chianti belt 16 to the plane of operation ofthe feeding means. This completes the cycle of operations which is thenrepeated.

It will be readily understood from the description and by an inspectionof the drawings that the compacted charge delivered from the feedingmeans by the plunger 11 has no opportunity to open up and there fore isnot displaced during its transfer from the filler feeding means to thebunch rolling means, and this control ofthe charge during its transitremedies the dificulty heretofore encountered in forming uniformbunches.

What is claimed is:

1. In a cigar machine, the combination with long-filler feeding means,of bunch rolling means including a charge rolling element, and means formoving said element to cause it to act as an extension of said feedingmeans.

2.111 a cigar machine, the-combination with a long-filler feed table, ofbunch rolling means including a charge rolling element, and meansformovin said element to cause it act as an extension of said table.

3. In a cigar machine, the combination with a long-filler feed-table, ofbunch rolling means including a charge rolling element, and cam-actuatedmeans for moving said element to cause it to actas an extension of saidtable.

4-. In a cigar machine, the'combination with a long-filler feed table,of bunchrolling means including a chianti belt, and means for movingsaid belt to cause it to act as an extension of said table.

5. In a cigar machine, the combination with a long-filler feed tableoperative in one plane, of bunch rolling means including a chianti beltoperative in a lower plane, and means for raising said belt into theplane and at the delivery end ofsaid table.

6. In a cigar machine, the combination with a long-filler feed tableoperative in one plane, of bunch rolling means including a chianti beltoperative in a lower plane, means for raising said belt into the'planeand at the delivery end of said table, and means for clamping a chargeof filler on and for forming a loop in said belt.

7. In a cigar machine, the combination with a long-filler feed tableoperative in one plane, of bunch rolling means including a chianti beltoperative in a lower plane, a platen underlying said belt, a flyingplunger carrying said platen, and means for raising and lowering saidplunger.

8. In a cigar machine, the combination with a long-filler feed tableoperative in one plane, of bunch rolling means including a chianti beltoperative in a lower plane, a platen underlying said belt, a flyingplunger carrying said platen, a cam-actuated lever for raising andlowering said plunger, and a parallel bar for maintaining said plungerin upright position throughout its movement.

9. In a cigar machine, the combination raising and lowering saidplunger, and a I parallel bar for maintaining said plunger in uprightposition throughout its movement.

11. In a cigar machine, the combination with a long-filler feed tableoperative in one plane, of bunch rolling means including a chianti beltoperative in a lower plane, a platen underlying said belt, a flyingplunger carrying said platen, an arm overlying said belt, a flyingplunger carrying said arm, and cam-actuated means forraising andlowering said plungers.

12. In a cigar machine, the combination with a long-filler feed tableoperative in one plane, of bunch rolling means including a chianti beltoperative in a lower plane, a platen underlying said belt, an armoverlying said belt, and means for raising and lowering said platen andsaid arm in part in synchronism.

In testimony whereof, I have name to this specification.

RUPERT E. RUNDELL.

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